Author: Juliette Howard
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Don’t Worry Darling (2022) – Gorgeous to watch, difficult to unravel
Every now and then comes a film that attracts attention for the wrong reasons. It started promisingly, a…
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Persuasion (2022) – Unfashionably late to the party
Since her death in 1817, one cannot say that Jane Austen has been short on reworkings of her…
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The Northman (2022) – The second “I am vengeance” of 2022 for the history books
No doubt Robert Eggers is sick of having each of his new releases compared to his previous works,…
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Heartstopper (2022) – Alice Oseman’s graphic novel turned series is sunshine in a box
No one can deny that we’re in dire need of feel-good. In the age of pandemics, war and…
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Happening (2021) – The powerful testimony of a girl alone
In the middle of the night, a teenage girl hungrily scavenges through the contents of a communal fridge.…
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) – The show musn’t go on
David Blue Garcia directs the latest Texas Chainsaw Massacre, an unremarkable addition that is once again confirmation the…
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Death on the Nile (2022) – A jerky but entertaining cruise
An almost discarded release alongside his heavily Oscar-tipped Belfast, Kenneth Branagh returns as the moustachioed Hercule Poirot in…
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Boiling Point (2021) – Philip Barantini’s claustrophobic masterpiece
Philip Barantini truly makes cinema an experience and Stephen Graham its victim in his 2021 tour de force…
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Nightmare Alley (2021) – Aesthetically stunning thriller’s fortunes run out
Bradley Cooper stars in Guillermo del Toro’s latest Oscar-nominated picture, a rags-to-riches-to-rags-again thriller about ambitious Stanton Carlisle, who…
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Belfast (2021) – Kenneth Branagh’s moving homage to his hometown
Kenneth Branagh’s love for his childhood home, which he left aged nine, is heart-warming and honest in his…
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Licorice Pizza (2022) – Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-of-age kick-starts 2022 with a nostalgic bang
In the summer of 1973, a group of teenagers start a waterbed business. It quickly picks up, fuelled…
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The House (2022) – Visually arresting stop motion is a creepy treat
Stop motion takes on a new form of creepy in this adult dark comedy anthology, produced by Nexus…
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Scream (2022) – Franchise’s latest instalment lives up to the legacy
In the infamous town of Woodsboro, another girl (Jenna Ortega) is home alone cooking for herself. The phone…
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The Hook Up Plan, Season 3 (2021) – Trio of friends are given a hard time in this dark final season
Tensions run high in the third season of The Hook Up Plan, which almost feels like it’s joined…
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The Lost Daughter (2021) – Deceptive drama explores the struggles of motherhood
Travelling home after a day on the beach, a woman is barred access from her car by two…
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Emily in Paris, Season 2 (2021) – There’s a limit to chic
Finishing off Season 1 by sleeping with her friend’s boyfriend, thinking he is leaving for Normandy, only to…
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The Wife (2017) – Glenn Close’s spouse is pushed too far in tense drama
It is early in the morning when Joe and Joan Castleman are awoken by a phone call. On…
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The Shark is Broken (2021) – How the cast of Jaws swapped Amity for hostility
A couple of years ago, Ian Shaw, son of the late Robert Shaw, came across a drinking diary…
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House of Gucci (2021) – Passionate, dangerous Gaga shines in poorly-paced drama about the downfall of Gucci
Forget the Gucci family in their silk neckties and gold-embossed brogues: there is only one star in Ridley…
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Spencer (2021) – Lady Diana’s personal camera
The Christmas turkey is roasted. The table is set. The servants are a’waiting. So, the question is, where…
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